Best Day Yet
Today we listened to another great slate of speakers. Tina Nabinger, Lesley Pease and Jean Armour Polly all bring such enthusiasm and passion to their work that it was contagious. I was particularly interested in Jean Armour Polly’s work at the Liverpool Public Library. The Panera Bread reference librarian idea was one that my group in 601 had explored and it was exciting to realize that it actually had merit. I also enjoyed her slides of the ALA conference in Chicago, highlighting new innovations in the library profession.
The afternoon brought great discussions about the library profession’s values and ethics and how a librarian should expect these to continually bump up against their own personal values. We explored many scenarios where this could happen and what responses it could evoke. For me this was the best discussion we have had to-date.
The evening was consumed with finishing our poster project. We are done and it looks great. Thanks Liz, Marinella and Sierra.
